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At a recent Ripple event, three of the company’s European business partners demonstrated how blockchain technology was helping them expand globally. These three firms were none other than Euro Exim Bank, Mercury FX and TransferGo….

Crypto-friendly Malta has expanded its blockchain technology pilot project from Blockcerts and Learning Machine, into a nationwide program. The initiative will allow all Maltese educational institutions to issue certificates on the blockchain, accordin…

The South Africa-based cryptocurrency exchange Coindirect has secured $1.13 million in funding, reported FinSMEs on February 21, 2019. This first funding round was led by Concentric as well as participation from crypto wallet provider Blockchain.com, a…

The subsidiary of the crypto project Cardano, Emurgo has recently claimed to develop, support and incubate commercial startups following the launch of a blockchain academy in India to train more than 2,500 blockchain developers.
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Sweden and the Nordics is home to an innovative start-up environment with a strong blockchain and crypto community. The Stockholm Blockchain Forum taking place on April 11th has now confirmed the presence of Jimmy Zhao from the recently launched crypto exchange ZBX to speak at the event. Although headquartered in Malta, ZBX is one of […]

A crypto token that passes the Howey Test is deemed a security token. These usually derive their value from an external, tradable asset. Because the tokens are deemed security, they are subject to federal securities and regulations. If all the regulations are properly met, then these tokens have immensely powerful use-cases. Security and asset-backed tokens […]

Emurgo, the commercial arm of the Cardano project, which claims to develop, support and incubate commercial startups, has launched a blockchain academy in India to train 2,500 blockchain developers, according to an Economic Times report on February 21,…

Bitcoin Could Hit $1 Million… Eventually It seems that the season of Bitcoin price predictions is on this nascent sector yet again. In a recent interview with Finder.com’s crypto branch, held at the Think Conference,…

Ubitquity, the enterprise-ready blockchain-secured platform for real estate and title recordkeeping, today announced that it has officially joined the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) as members with Class B Membershipreserved for Technology C…

Blockchain technology has found its way into the sporting world as the NHL’s LA Kings announced on February 20, 2019, that they would make use of Pro Exp Media’s blockchain-based app to certify the authenticity of merchandise. True to the Name Wh…

Quantstamp, a Y-combinator backed smart contract security company, today anounced it has completed an audit of the Crypto.com Chain. The team of Crypto.com creatd the MCO Visa Card, a prepaid Visa card that allows users to spend…
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Marubeni Corporation, the fifth largest Japanese sogo shosha trading in a vast array of products and materials, has joined forces with LO3 Energy, a United States-based firm that claims to develop distributed ledger technology (DLT) powered energy solu…

Wibson, the blockchain-based consumer data marketplace, has partnered with Telefónica to trial a data verification capability that validates the authenticity of consumer data in its system. Wibson allows individuals to securely and anonymously sell val…

IBM’s head of blockchain solutions says he expects the price of Bitcoin to reach $1 million. In an interview with Finder.com, Jesse Lund said he expects Bitcoin will rebound by the end of the year. And in the long run, Lund predicts the price of …

At a time when the cryptocurrency ecosystem is struggling to free itself from the grips of a lengthy bear market, oil-rich Bahrain is making plans to put in place amenable laws that would attract bitcoin-related firms to the region. For starters, Sprin…

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) the governing bank within Bahrain have recently announced a new blockchain initiative that aims to set up a regulatory ‘sandbox’ that will allow new and existing blockchain and crypto based companies to wor…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is exploring blockchain technology for users of the world’s largest social media platform. If implemented, Facebook’s 1.52 billion daily active users would interface with blockchain technology when logging in to…

Community currencies and how they can help impoverished communities flourishFalling down the cryptocurrency rabbit hole was an unexpected turn in my life, and it’s reaped some unexpected benefits.One of them is the wealth of knowledge I accidentally co…